Metal ties for railroads.



W. H. MORGAN.

METAL TIES FOR RAILROADS.

APPLICATION FILED 00114, 1911.

1,028,251, Patented June 4,1912.

WIT ESSES INVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANOORAFH IO-,WASHINGTON, D. c.

WILLIAM HENRY MORGAN, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

METAL TIES FOR RAILROADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1911.

Patented June a, 1912.

Serial No. 654.711.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Ties for Railroads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvement in metal ties for rail roads, the object being to so construct the ties that the rails will be supported approximately throughout their entire lengths and be prevented from spreading and the track prevented from tilting sidewise in either direction.

With these ends in View my invention consists in the shapes and arrangement of two sets of ties, as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in plan of a section of a track showing my improved ties therein. Fig. 2 is a view in cross section of one of the ties, and Fig. 3 is a view in plan showing a modified form of tie.

1 represents a tie substantially as disclosed in my Patent 1,003,637 granted September 19th, 1911. It is I-shape in cross section with its base flange 2 of greater width than its top flange, 3, and bent into Z-shape, the two end members 4 of the tie being parallel and at the proper distance apart to support the rails 5. These two parallel members 4:, are therefore, the rail supporting members of tie 1, and the rails are clamped thereto by suitable clamps or other securing devices. These ties 1, are inclosed or surrounded on three sides by the U- shape, or hair pin ties 6, which latter are also of I-beam construction in cross section, the base flanges being wider than the top flanges. The side members 6* of the ties 6 are longer than the ties 1 so as to project beyond the latter at each side of the track, and as one U-shape tie 6 surrounds one Z-sha-ped tie 1, there will be two straight members 6 of the ties 6 between each two ties 1.

The ties 6 are so arranged that the closed end of each is adjacent the open ends of the ties on the opposite sides of same, so that I have an alternate arrangement of closed and open ends on each side of the track. These ends of ties 6, both open and closed, project outwardly beyond the rails sufficiently to prevent any tipping of the rails, while the straight members of the ties 6 are in effect straight ties and prevent any spreading of the rails.

The Z-shaped ties 1 are separated sufiiciently for the free entrance of the straight members of the ties 6, and when the parts are assembled, the rails will be supported substantially throughout their lengths. The

rails 7 are secured to the rail supporting members of the Z-shaped ties, and also to i the side members of the ties 6, by clamps or other suitable securing devices.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, I have provided U-shaped ties 7 with outwardly bent free ends 7 which abut, or nearly so, with those of the next adjacent ties. The closed ends and bent ends of the ties 7 project sufficiently to form outboard or side bearings for the track, and leaves each Z-shaped tie exposed at one end, so that it may bewithdrawn without disconnecting any of the other ties. In this construction there is but one straight member or tie 7 between two Z-shaped ties 1, instead of two as in construction shown in Fig. 1. These straight.members are in effect straight ties, and operate to prevent the rails from spreading, in addition to assisting in supporting them.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a series of Z- shaped metal ties, of intermediate ties extending around three sides of each Z-shaped tie and projecting at the sides of the track so as to support the latter against tilting movement.

2. The combination of a series of Z- shaped metal ties, and a series of U-shaped ties each extending around three sides of a Z-shaped tie and projecting at the sides of the track so as to support the latter against tilting movement.

3. The combination of Z-shaped ties and specification in the presence of two sub- U-shaped ties each of the latter extending; scribing Witnesses. around three sides of one Z-shaped tie the J said U-shaped ties arranged so that their ILLIAM'HENRY MORGAN open ends Will alternate with the closed ends WVitnesses:

of the next adjacent ties. C. R. RICHARDS, In testimony whereof, I have signed this N. C. Fn'r'rnns.

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